Where are the positive fatherhood role models from UK PLC?
I went on a quest to find out how many men working at board level in UK PLC have taken shared parental leave. Here’s the answer. . .
February 1, 2019
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Childcare
The Interchangeable Parent and what happens when dad does the childcare
The world has gone mad for shared parental leave (SPL). Thanks to the Government’s #sharetheleave campaign and the Women and Equalities Committee’s intervention, SPL has been making the headlines a great deal recently.
April 17, 2018
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Family Life & parenting
The problem with shared parental leave: No ring-fenced leave for dads
I was minding my own business early yesterday morning, my head full of ideas to entertain my kids on the first day of the half-term break from school. I then spotted a news story on the BBC website. Had I been eating cornflakes at the time I’d have spat them out over my computer monitor
February 13, 2018
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Family Life & parenting
Parental leave benefits: Shouldn’t they be equal?
The introduction of shared parental leave was never going to be easy because it requires a huge shift in the UK’s working culture. A couple of years down the line, the law of unintended consequences seems to have come into play causing a hiccup or two.
December 20, 2017
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Share childcare responsibilities? Not if you’re British!
Here’s an interesting suggestion. Research organisation The Fatherhood Institute has called for early years care providers, schools, plus social work and maternity service providers to publish data on their engagement with fathers. This data, the institute has argued, should be inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.
June 13, 2016
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